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Here’s what’s making us happy <em>this</em> week.

Here’s what’s making us happy this week.

By Brittany Allen | February 6, 2026

Fighting Abroad and At Home: Remembering the Experiences of Black Vietnam Veterans

Fighting Abroad and At Home: Remembering the Experiences of Black Vietnam Veterans

Wil Haygood on the Long History of Black Heroism and Service—and the Current Efforts to Erase It

By Wil Haygood | February 6, 2026

Two stories about paranoia for our conspiratorial moment.

Two stories about paranoia for our conspiratorial moment.

By James Folta | February 5, 2026

From Gaza to Minneapolis We Are Still Being Told to Disbelieve Our Eyes

From Gaza to Minneapolis We Are Still Being Told to Disbelieve Our Eyes

Steven W. Thrasher on the Western Establishment’s
Deliberate Break From Reality

By Steven W. Thrasher | February 4, 2026

Letter From Minnesota: Our Work is to Protect What We Love

Letter From Minnesota: Our Work is to Protect What We Love

Diane Wilson on Traditions of American Violence,
to Nature and Human Alike

By Diane Wilson | February 4, 2026

How W.E.B. DuBois and James McCune Smith Helped Combat Medical Racism in America

How W.E.B. DuBois and James McCune Smith Helped Combat Medical Racism in America

Michelle A. Williams on Black Contributions to American
Public Health and Sociology

By Michelle A. Williams | February 4, 2026

Best Reviewed
Books of the Week

Meet the Ancient Ancestor of Macaroni and Cheese—and Cook It Yourself

By Karima Moyer-Nocchi | February 4, 2026

How Bertolt Brecht and Walter Benjamin Pioneered a New Way of Creating

By Katherine Hollander | February 4, 2026

11 Books That Confront and Interrogate the Violence of a Class Society

By Ann Larson and Alissa Quart | February 3, 2026

This Week in Literary History: David Foster Wallace’s <em>Infinite Jest</em> Was Published

This Week in Literary History: David Foster Wallace’s Infinite Jest Was Published

And the Takes Began

By Literary Hub | February 2, 2026

What to read next if <em>The Testament of Ann Lee</em> was your favorite movie of 2025.

What to read next if The Testament of Ann Lee was your favorite movie of 2025.

By Brittany Allen | February 2, 2026

Kim Kelly on the Difference Between a General Strike and a National Shutdown (And Why It Matters)

Kim Kelly on the Difference Between a General Strike and a National Shutdown (And Why It Matters)

“It is a time for action, and what matters most is that that action, whatever we call it, is effective.”

By Kim Kelly | January 31, 2026

Kim Kelly: Why the American Labor Movement Matters

Kim Kelly: Why the American Labor Movement Matters

“If the Democrats pull this thing off, they will owe a massive debt to organized labor.”

By Kim Kelly | January 29, 2026

Requiem for Weimar: On Ulrich Alexander Boschwitz’s <em>Berlin Shuffle</em>

Requiem for Weimar: On Ulrich Alexander Boschwitz’s Berlin Shuffle

Philip Boehm Considers the Contemporary Relevance of a Tale of 1920s Germany

By Philip Boehm | January 29, 2026

What to read to understand the ICE phenomenon.

What to read to understand the ICE phenomenon.

A mini syllabus (Including four free books!)

By Brittany Allen | January 29, 2026

Give a Nazi an Inch... And Other Important Lessons From Weimar, Germany

Give a Nazi an Inch... And Other Important Lessons From Weimar, Germany

Volker Ullrich on Wilhelm Frick’s Fascist Cultural Revolution

By Volker Ullrich | January 29, 2026

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